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Andleeb Abbas

Mind your distance
Opinion

Mind your distance

Man is a social animal. Social isolation causes depression. Human interaction can never be replaced with machine interaction. Facebook can never substitute face to face. Virtual is not real. Human touch cannot to be compared with touch screen. And so on a
Published 27 Apr, 2020 02:51am
Certainties in uncertain times
Opinion

Certainties in uncertain times

Firefighting. Trapped. Blind Alley. Emotionally exhausted. Mentally fatigued. Search overload. Day-to-day. These are some of the feelings expressed by people who are going through life in the time of Covid-19. With a world shut down as never before this s
Published 20 Apr, 2020 12:00am
A silver lining in the Covid-19 clouds
Opinion

A silver lining in the Covid-19 clouds

Clouds obscure the sun. The horizon becomes grey and dark. It seems all ominous. However, rays of sunlight do break through eventually to make the world seem brighter. While Covid-19 has darkened the lights and sounds of the hustling bustling world, it ha
Published 13 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Stock values vs human values
Opinion

Stock values vs human values

Dow Jones is down. Nasdaq is nose-diving. PSX is declining. Stock values are crashing. The world is talking about recession, deficits and bankruptcies. Since it is an invisible virus, and thus a natural calamity, most people feel nobody could have foresee
Published 06 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Coronavirus war - the mental battle
Opinion

Coronavirus war - the mental battle

The mind hates uncertainty. The mind dislikes lack of clarity. Uncertainty and un- clarity create fear of the unknown. Fear creates anxiety and anxiety corrodes positivity, creativity and growth. The biological battle of fighting the virus is in full swin
Published 30 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Restoring planetary balance
Opinion

Restoring planetary balance

"We are living on the planet as if we have another one to go to." Terry Swearingen. A statement that is apt to our attitude about planet earth. The only problem is that we can no longer fly to another place that is safe and sound. The Coronavirus crisis i
Published 23 Mar, 2020 12:00am
World on a pause
Opinion

World on a pause

Rushed. Speed of light. Sprinting. Marathon. Racing ahead. These are some of the oft-repeated descriptors of today's business and life. Life was spinning past. Business is moving fervently. Products were churning out faster than they were being consumed a
Published 16 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Delhi 'HIV' virus
Opinion

Delhi 'HIV' virus

While the world is obsessed with coronavirus another deadlier virus is spreading fast in the region. This virus is a lethal virus and has the capacity of being more devastating than covid-19, i.e., the Delhi 'HIV' or Hate induced Violence virus. While Tru
Published 09 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Dealing with the deal
Opinion

Dealing with the deal

Finally, the deal. The double TT, Ie, Trump and Taliban have both agreed and signed it. The rest of the world is keeping their fingers crossed - not only that they sign it but also that the deal does not become too much to deal with. 19 years of live and
Published 02 Mar, 2020 12:00am
40 years of Pakistani hospitality
Opinion

40 years of Pakistani hospitality

Welcome to the unwelcomed is the lost spirit of giving refuge to the displaced. Consider a lost soul- they are those who are runaways, those who are strangers, those who are unwanted, those who have no identity, those who have no houses, those who have no
Published 24 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Lessons from Turkey
Opinion

Lessons from Turkey

"Istanbul a couple of decades ago was more like an African city than a European city", said one of the Pakistanis living in Turkey for 30 years. Hard to imagine as you come out of the largest airport hub in the world where Turkish airlines has overtaken E
Published 17 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Coronavirus outbreak
Opinion

Coronavirus outbreak

If you want an infection virus to become an epidemic virus, press the panic button. Viruses need measured, scientific, thought through responses. Panic blocks the ability to think, measure and respond in a logical manner. The latest coronavirus issue is i
Updated 04 Mar, 2020 10:41am
FATF - financial politics
Opinion

FATF - financial politics

"Money is the mother of all politics", Jesse. M. Unruh. A statement that has been debated but not disputed. This is visible in the classification of the world into the first world, third world or the developed Vs LDCs - less developed countries. The class
Published 03 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Pakistan and Malaysia - dissimilar similarities
Opinion

Pakistan and Malaysia - dissimilar similarities

Nation building is a continuous struggle. Many nations that in one century ruled were ruled by others in another century. In fact in modern times, with pace of change faster than speed of light, countries rise and fall in a matter of decades. The rise of
Published 27 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Battle of diplomacy
Opinion

Battle of diplomacy

Soft power is the best repellant for war and conflict. As they say prevention is better than cure, similarly diplomacy is better than enmity. We are living in turbulent times where it is increasingly difficult to live peacefully and progressively. Nations
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Economics of wars
Opinion

Economics of wars

"All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal," John Steinbeck. Wars are dangerous, costly, destructive and inhuman. Yet history shows how they are a political indulgence many politicians find irresistible. Power and superpower are the main
Updated 13 Jan, 2020 06:45am
Destination 2020
Opinion

Destination 2020

Guess which is the top tourist destination to visit in 2020. France, wrong. Malaysia, wrong, Maldives, wrong. India, absolutely wrong. It is Pakistan, yes, believe it or not, but Pakistan it is. This is something we all have dreamt and talked about for de
Published 06 Jan, 2020 12:00am
A movement unstoppable?
Opinion

A movement unstoppable?

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable", JF Kennedy. Kashmir protests have now become India protests. From Delhi to Bhopal and from Kanpur to Goa streets are full of people aghast at Modi's audacity. Modi's reac
Updated 30 Dec, 2019 06:33am
Modi's fascist secularism
Opinion

Modi's fascist secularism

"Arrogance is a killer,": Jack Welch. This statement from a World Corporate Guru is surely not just a good feel quote. This is true. When you see many world leaders around, you may question its pragmatism. Modi defenders, and there are many, will dismiss
Updated 23 Dec, 2019 07:01am
Reversing the brain drain
Opinion

Reversing the brain drain

Tania Adrius is back in Pakistan. This news has caught the media by storm in Pakistan. Why? Because very few top-notch Pakistanis working in top global companies leave it all for their country. Not entirely true. Many lesser known patriotic overseas Pakis
Updated 16 Dec, 2019 06:22am